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Subject: RE: Form about the next plateform
From: Bernardo Paz Betancourt (bpazbe@ceibo.entelnet.bo)
Date: ven oct 12 2001 - 16:06:46 CEST
I vote for the change and the renew of cormas from SmalTalk to a big talked
language as Java
Dont worry for the apparent difficult of programming in Java. They are some
ways to
program eassily. Did you hear about JBuilder? (any plataform from Unix to
Mac : big advantage)
http://www.borland.com. equivalent to Visual Works.
You can be sure that you will be more assited if you use Java than ST
Finaly I'm sure that the cormas team could make a friendly informatic
structure for
Cormas so that the users will no need to chage they biological cycle.
My modest opinion, Don Bernardo
At 11:09 p.m. 11/10/01 +0200, you wrote:
>Personal opinion: Changing to another platform will disrupt my biological
>cycle!
>
>I have not much experience in computer programming, but enough to know that
>SmallTalk is very easy to program - especially for multi-agent systems.
>Also, it is easy to manage complex models in SmallTalk, and the debugger is
>the best thing next to icecream!
>
>Sure it takes a lot of memory, and I've been suffering in that respect, but,
>should push come to shove, there is always the option of rewriting models
>into another package that is less harsh on the system memory. For my models,
>the problem is not that my agents run SLOWLY, but that they refuse to run at
>all in Windows - and that I consider a Windows problem. As it is, Cormas
>models can run (but not be programmed unless you replace the refractory
>browser with the normal one) on Solaris and Unix machines in the later
>versions of VisualWorks, and this works great! The refractory browser for
>new versions of vw should come out soon, giving Cormas full functionality on
>these machines.
>
>Lastly, what is wrong with watching agents move SLOWLY? I like watching
>colourful things running across the screen. It is entertaining!
>
>Louise
>
>Centre for Environmental Studies / Department of Zoology and Entomology
>University of Pretoria
>Pretoria
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>-Zeuxis